overlaid

verb

past tense of overlay
1
as in coated
to form a layer over you should apply a coat of primer first, and then overlay it with two coats of paint

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2
as in overlapped
to lie over parts of one another cedar shingles overlaying one another on the roof

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Recent Examples of overlaid But the 33-minute album is overlaid with sugary melodies that feel monochromatic. — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 Her post included an extended caption along with various photos of Paul with additional messages overlaid onto them. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Forms of slave knowledge, overlaid on Indigenous ones, were influential in treating dysentery and elaborating antidotes for poisonings. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 The opening credits of the film, featuring newsreel footage of military parades overlaid with glitchy effects and harsh techno music, appear to nod at some equating of the America of today with the authoritarian governments of the past. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026 The 45-acre recreational facility, which opened in 2004, boasts eight softball fields overlaid with seven soccer fields, batting cages and two playgrounds. — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026 This is overlaid with twee elements that might be part of the mid ’00 nostalgia in the air. — Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 The glasses then rendered that infrared in shades of red or a red-cyan mixture, overlaid on top of a normal field of visible light. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026 The Galaxy Watch 9 ships with Wear OS 7 and Samsung’s One UI 9 interface overlaid on top. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaid
  1. coated
  2. overlapped
  3. covered
Verb
  • Let everything simmer together until the peppers soften and the meatballs are coated in the sauce.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Measure 1 cup pancake mix and gently fold into bowl of wet ingredients until the dry is barely coated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • His videos Continentes, confetes (2023) and Encontro amoroso do círculo com o quadrado (2023) were shown in a room filled with colored paper that bounced across three white walls and geometric shapes that slowly overlapped each other, respectively.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Only a relatively small fraction of their complex molecular compositions overlapped.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of overlapped
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  • The data feed will carry the details of every transaction, including what was dispensed, how much was dispensed, and how it was covered.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • And there, Guadagnino says, gesturing to a section covered by a red tarp, is where his team built the men’s bathrooms where some computer scientists have a pissing contest.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of covered

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“Overlaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaid. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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